Currently, masks or face coverings are not required on campus. UE remains a mask-optional campus. We will continue to monitor local rates and health data while partnering with health professionals as we consider when to update our policies and approach to masks and face coverings. Faculty may request accommodation through the Provost’s office to require masks or face coverings in their classroom. Members of our campus community are encouraged to follow CDC’s guidance on Masks and Respiratory Virus Prevention.

While contact tracing is no longer required federally or by the state of Indiana, if you test positive or develop symptoms, you might consider sharing that information with individuals who you spent time with in the past 24 hours up to two days before your first symptom(s) developed.

Students can call 812-488-2033 to schedule an appointment at the UE Student Health Center for a $20 fee.

UE Faculty/employees can schedule a covid test at the onsite Employee Medical Clinic by calling 888-492-8722 or by scheduling an appointment online through the patient portal.

If you are a close contact of a positive case, you should not seek an excused absence unless you start to develop symptoms.

If you test positive, you should seek an excused absence from your classes. At your earliest opportunity, you should notify your instructors in writing that you will not be attending in-person classes due to illness. You should be able to return after 24 hours without a fever or if your symptoms are generally improving. You are still responsible for any work during that time.

We encourage you to request your faculty provide a virtual option for you to call/Zoom into class when possible so you can stay up-to-date with course instruction. This is not going to be an option for all your classes as some course material is more difficult in a virtual setting. Ask if there are additional ways you can stay updated on course material and assignments.

Call the Health Center if your symptoms worsen and you need additional support.

If you are a close contact of a positive case, you do not need to stay home from work unless you start to develop symptoms. (However, you will need to wear a mask to work.)

Notify your supervisor that you will not be attending in-person work due to illness and submit sick time as usual. (COVID-19 sick time is no longer a separate sick time category.) You should be able to return after 24 hours without a fever or if your symptoms are generally improving. Consider discussing working remotely (if possible for your responsibilities and if your symptoms are mild enough to do so).

If there are any concerns from roommates, suitemates, or individual students who test positive, we can make accommodations for students to temporarily relocate if space is available. This information will be provided to students who test positive when they fill out the COVID-19 Reporting Form. If roommates or suitemates are concerned about their peer who tested positive, and they do not agree to the isolate-in-place method, contact Residence Life through the Quarantine Request Form for assistance in finding a space for the residential student who tested positive or has symptoms.

If you test positive, complete the COVID-19 Reporting Form and request an alternative isolation room. We do encourage students to go home if they are able to do so.

If you don't agree with the arrangements to have your roommate stay with you, you can request different arrangements be made on the Quarantine Housing Request Form.

If you need to quarantine on campus and would like an alternative space to do so, you can request a temporary quarantine space by filling out a Quarantine Housing Request Form.

If you are on a meal plan and are living on campus, you can order a meal pick up or meal delivery from Dining Services online.

• You must complete the COVID-19 Reporting Form in order to access the form to request meal service.
• The meal pick up allows a friend to pick up a meal that you have ordered online from Dining Services.
• Meal delivery provides delivery of a meal you have ordered online from Dining Services. You will be able to leave your housing briefly with a well-fitting mask to pick up your food in the lobby of your building or the entrance of your residence.

More information and CDC resources can be found at:

• Respiratory Virus Guidance
• Preventing Respiratory Viruses
• Updated Guidance on What to Do When You Are Sick